Combined railway rail and bed-plate.



J. G. PHILLIPS. I COMBINED RAILWAY RAIL AND BED PLATE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED 1320.2, 1901.

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COI lBINED RAILWAY Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

Application filed December 2, 1907. Serial No. 404,702.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l. Joux'C. PulLurs, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Im )rovemcnts in a (.mnbined llnilwnv ltoil mu Bed Plate; and I do declare the following to be a lull. clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert-nms to make. and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in railway track rails.

The object of the invention is to provide a railway track having combined with the rails and forming a part of the some, a bed or supporting plate and chair or sleeper rails.

\Yith this object. in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction. combination and arrangement of parts as will be described hereinafter and particularl pointed out in the a ipcnded claims.

In the :iccom onying rawings, Figure l is a plan view 0 a portion of arailway track constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. '2 is a vertical cross sectional view;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentarypeispectivo'view of the trend portion and web of the rail; Fig. 4 is a similar view of the chair or she 78! rail; and Fig. 5 a similar view of the. be or suppork in;' plate which forms a partof the true Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes a Led or sup ortin plate which is arranged between t to rail s, said plate consisting of a flat central portion, 2, the width of which corresponds to the gage of the track, and is adapted to rest u on the ground. The late 1 is provided. a ong its opposite side ct ges with upwardly projecting flanges. 3, the inner walls of which are inclined and the outer walls are vertical and have formed therein adj scent to their upper ends a longitudinal notch or recess, 4, the lower edge of which forms a shoulder, 5, adapted to sup ort the track rail proper.

Bolted or otli the flanges, 3, of the be d plate.

posed notch or recess, 7, the lower edge of erwise secured to each edge 5 t of the bed plate, 1. are longitudinally diswhich forms a shoulder, ta, which, when the rails, 6', are in lace, coincide with the shoulder, 5, formed by the recess, 4, of the flange, 3, on the. bed )late. The notches or recesses, 4 and 7, in the. flanges, 3, and mils, 6, form longitudinally disposed channels, the purpose of which will hereinafter appear. ()n the lower lportions of the. rails 6 are formed outer hitera. ly projecting flanges, 9, and inner long1 tudmal ydisposed flanges, 10. Said flanges 1O )roject beneath the outer portions of the. bed plate 1, and form supports for the bed plate and serve to take the strain from oil the plts which secure the sleeper rails to the bed ate. ilownwardly rojcctim flanges 12, which form stops or iolding cvices when the rails are in place on the. roadbed and prevent latern-l movement of the former. hen the rails, 6, and bed plate are arranged in operativc position they are secured together by bolts, 13, which are passed through alined apertures or bolt holes formed in the flanges,

-tion of the rails 6, as shown.

Adapted to be engaged with the sleeper rails and bed plate are track rails, 14, said rails comprising a head or tread portion, 15, and a web portion, 16, said web portions being adapted to be engaged with the 10 itudinally dis osed channels formed b th: recesses, 4 am 7, in the flanges, 3, ands eeper rails, 6. The lower ed cs of the webs 16 are adapted to rest upon the shoulders, 5 and 8, which form the lower edges of therecesscs, 4 and '7, while the upper edges of the flanges, 3, and the rails, 6, engage beneath the heads, 15, of the track rails, thereby firmly supporting the latter. The webs, 16, are rovide bolt holes in the flanges, 3, and rails, 6, and are adapted to receive the up er fastening bolts, 13, which securely hold t 0 track and rails in place. In the bed plate 1 is formed a series of transversely disposed slots or pasto drain from the bed plate.

By providing a comb'ned bed late and slee )er rail to support the track rai s as herein s iown and described, the necessity of providing ties or other supports is obviated, the flanges on the slee er rails forming anchors which, when cmbe tied in the ground,- firmly i hold the rails in place on the roadbed.

The rails, 6, are also provided with 3 of the bed plate, and through the body por-.

with bolt holes which aline with t ie upper sages, 17, through which water is permit-ted.

substantially as descril track, an integral bed plate extending between and forming a support for the opposite'track rails, longi udinally disposed side flanges on said bed plate, sleeper rails ada )ted to be bolted to said side flanges, and true rails connected to and su ported by said flanges and sleeper rails, su stantially as described.

2. In a railway track, abed plate, upwardly projecting side flanges formed on the outer edgesol' said plate,said flanges havingformed therein longitudinally disposed recesses, sleeper rails adapted to be secured to said flanges of the bed plate, said sleeper rails having formed therein longitudinally disposed recesses, which, together with the recesses in 'the flanges of the bed plate, form longitudinally disposed channels, and track rails adapted to be secured in said channels,

)ed. 3. In a railway track, a bed plate, iongitudinally disposed flanges formed on the outer e1 geso said plate, said flanges having Iorined therein recesses, sleeper rails adapted to be secured to said flanges, said rails having formed therein recesses adapted to coincide lower et with the recesses in said flanges to form lon tudinallly dis iosed channels, means on t e ges oi said sleeper rails, whereby the same and said bed plate are bed slee er rails, said track rails comhea or track portion, an a web said web portion being adapted to plate am prising a portion,

anchored, track be engaged with said channels formed by the recesses in the flan es and sleeper rails, substantially as descriied.

4. In a railway formed therein a series of drain passages, longitudinally disposed upwardly pro'ec-ting flanges formed on the side edges of sai plate, said flanges having formed in their outer walls longitudinally disposed recesses, the

of which form shoulders. sieeper lower edges rails adapted to be bolted to said flan es, sal

rails having formed in their inner walis longittudinally disposed recesses, the lower edge of which form shoulders, said recesses, to

gether with the recesses in the flanges, form ing channels, a laterall projecting supporting flange formed on tie lower edge of said sleeper rails and adapted to ro'ectbeneath the outer edges of said bed plate, anchor flanges formed on the outer lower edges 0 said sleeper rails, stop flanges formed on the lower edge of said rails, track rails adapted to be supported by said sleeper rails and be plate, said track rails comprising a head or tread portion, and web portions adapted to be engaged with the channels recesses in said flan es and slee er rails an to rest on the shou ders former by said retrack, a bed plate having formed by the 

